Healthcare Practitioners

Surgeons

SOC 29-1248

Operate on patients to treat injury, disease, and deformity.

Median pay

$414k

$135k to $511k typical range

Outlook

Growing fast

700 openings / yr

Education

Doctoral (MD) plus long residency

AI displacement risk

Very low

How much of this job AI may do instead of the person · our model, not a benchmark

Works with AI

30/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

24th pct

More exposed than 24% of occupations · modeled estimate

Future-proof

80/100

Key skills

Surgical skill
Stamina
Precision
Decision making
Communication

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.